12 years ago
The Kansas State Board of Education is expected to be asked next week to switch to standardized math and English tests called Smarter Balanced, which would end a 30-year reliance on the University of Kansas to create annual state exams. The director of the university's testing research center told the Topeka Capital-Journal the change probably wouldn't ...

12 years ago
Police are reviewing video footage after a window at a Salina business is smashed. Officers responded to a store alarm at B & K Prescription, 601 E. Iron, at 12:50am Monday morning after someone threw a brick through the front store window. Police say 2 men - a white, heavy set male in a red mask, dark ...

12 years ago
Police are looking for a known female suspect, after a woman is treated for multiple stab wounds. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, officers were called to the ER at Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday morning at about 2:25am to the report of a woman who was stabbed. Police say a 19-year-old-female from Rosehill, Kansas was involved ...

12 years ago
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a small plane crashed near Owasso, killing at least one person. The Federal Aviation Administration says the multi-engine plane crashed shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday about five miles north of Tulsa International Airport, where it was headed. The plane took off from Salina, Kan. Highway Patrol Capt. George Brown says ...

12 years ago
The coldest air so far this fall is coming. According to the National Weather Service, a strong cold front will usher in the frigid air. The coldest air of the season will move into the area Monday causing temperatures to plummet. Temperatures will peak in the lower 50s by midday, then steadily fall into the upper 30s. Highs ...

12 years ago
Representatives from various colleges and universities are converging on Fort Riley to host an Army education fair for current and prospective students. The event Thursday will allow soldiers and their families to meet with admissions counselors to learn more about programs at schools in Kansas and across the country. Fort Riley counselors also will be participating ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing incentives for rural Kansas to improve energy efficiency. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program is providing about $394,000 in grants for 38 renewable energy and energy-efficiency projects in Kansas. Projects in 21 other states also received funds. Of the 38 Kansas projects, eight were for ...

12 years ago
Students at the University of Kansas are creating a commissioned artwork for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Matthew Burke, a KU associate professor of sculpture, is leading a class called, "Special Topics in Art: The Federal Reserve Commission," which will be offered each semester through fall 2014. Five students are enrolled this semester. The Lawrence ...

12 years ago
The U.S. Air Force is holding a hearing in Wichita to gauge public support for McConnell Air Force Base as it considers sites for a new fleet of refueling tankers. The Wichita Eagle reports  the Air Force in May named McConnell as the preferred site for 36 KC-46A tankers to be sited beginning in 2016. McConnell ...

12 years ago
Hunters were mostly disappointed with opening day of the season for upland game birds in central Kansas. The Salina Journal reports farmers, landowners and experts with the state Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism were all predicting a bleak opener Saturday largely because of drought. Greg Salisbury, a game warden from Bennington, also says what few ...

12 years ago
A movie playing at Union Station in Kansas City for the next three weeks is part of an effort to reverse a decline in basic civics knowledge in the U.S. The 40-minute, giant-screen historical drama called "We the People" premiered Thursday. Filmmakers Aimee Larrabee and John Altman say they want the movie to launch classroom discussions ...